They didn't serve in Europe but in the fringe battles in Africa, where Allied forces fought in the then-German colonies of ...
On January 1, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced ... groups linked to the Islamic state and al Qaeda across West Africa since 2014. Despite their military presence, French troops ...
The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses influence there. By Ruth Maclean Reporting from Dakar, Senegal Ivory Coast has ...